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| 9th April 2009 |
| 121, 142, 244, P1800S & 164 through the workshop... |
Busy old month really, but I have to say that I have been lazy not to have updated my website news - apologies!
- 121: Phil's Amazon arrived after a few years idleness, to be fully serviced, then full rollcage and competition seats & harnesses for Historic Road Rallying. On his departure we discovered that despite having drained the fuel and refilled with fresh, there was still a lot of sludge in the tank, so we did an "emergency" fuel tank change, in a time that Jenson Button would be pleased with!
- 142: my stage car got its Competition Car Log Book on Sunday, while I was marshalling at the Sculthorpe Stages - so we now have a stage rally car ready to run (nearly), yippee!
- I have to replace the side glass with PolyCarbonate, on order from the hugely knowledgeable and helpful Stuart of Airedale Race Components - besides the safety requirement to do so, that's 25kg of weight saved with the door interior trim panel.
- I've deleted the bumpers, that's another 12kg - not much is it? That's the problem with Volvo, they spec'd alloy bumpers to begin with!
- I am deleting one (of the two) silencers, since our noise level was 91dB versus 100dB permitted for Stage Rally (98dB for Road Rally): that should be 5kg at least?
- Last Friday it weighed in at 1140kg
- Homologation weight in 1972 was 1073kg
- Permitted MSA weight for pre-82 is 810kg
- I hope to hit 980kg, in line with a very powerful local BDA Escort: Ian Rix's - I just won't hit his power output sadly.
- David took delivery of his 244 with B21 and twin 40DCOE Webers: we're pleased with this engine build, very much suited to his tall axle ratio by having far better torque than his original B21A and appears to rev very cleanly also.
- P1800S: the car we bought off John following his engine fire is now MoT'd
- New B18 engine
- New suspension
- Steering sorted out
- Rear brakes sorted out
- Servo sorted out
- And a heap of other issues
- ...just awaiting the DVLA to send us the UK registration so we can drive her!
- 164: Jaap bought this car from a customer following its catastrophic engine failure. I took the cylinder head off today to ascertain the extent of the damage:
- We already new that #5 and/or #6 conrods had already punched there way into the bottom of the sump
- As I took off the rocker gear, I couldn't find #9 and #12 pushrods, oooh!
- Cylinder head off revealed no contact damage with the valves or pistons
- The camshaft appears to have broken aft of #8 camlobe
- #9 & #12 followers and pushrods appear to have been swallowed by the sump
- Next action? I suspect Jaap may well ask us to pull out the motor and sort it...
Happy Easter!
Rob
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